LIghtweight file manager and text editor for remote server suggestions?[solved]

[graemep]

I managed to get a wrapper script to work, and can now open gvim sftp from PCManFM. I had to manually edit the file in /home/graeme/.local/share/applications because PCManFM does not save a custom command with the full path.

vim's sftp is a nuisance to use unless you set up password less logins (with RSA keys). This may not be possible on every server.

There seems to be no other light editor that works over sftp apart from ones that have Gnome or KDE dependencies. So the choice is:

1) Vim and set up RSA keys for passwordless logins
2) Komodo Edit
3) Live with KDE dependencies (In my experience KDE's virtual file system works better, and Kate is a dman good editor)
4) Emacs.

I am trying 1) and 2), but its really a matter of chosing trade-offs rather than finding a best choice.

[graemep]

Just to record my eventual solution, just in case others have similar needs:

1) PCmanFM works well enough for me over ssh. Its a bit less reliable than Konqueror because it does not deal with ssh errors well: it does nothing for quite a while before reporting an error, and then cannot recover from it (in that it will not successfully open another ssh remote directory).
2) I have given up on a light weight text editor I like for coding and am using KomodoEdit. Its slow to start and  feels a little less responsive than a light editor, but it is VERY good. I have suggested the open source version in package suggest.
3) I am using gvim for quick edits: for example, it is what is started by Firefox's Its All Text extension for textareas on HTML forms.
4) I have installed Textroom for writing, but have not really used it yet.

[pags]

Did you try mc?

Unless you're absolutely adverse to a cli solution, it may be the lightest choice.  It has mcedit integrated in it (I just tested editing a file at home from work).